diff --git a/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/java/almond/internals/HtmlAnsiOutputStream.java b/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/java/almond/internals/HtmlAnsiOutputStream.java
index eff25abd0..75773a4af 100644
--- a/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/java/almond/internals/HtmlAnsiOutputStream.java
+++ b/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/java/almond/internals/HtmlAnsiOutputStream.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
 
     private static final String[] ANSI_COLOR_MAP = {"black", "red",
             "green", "yellow", "blue", "magenta", "cyan", "white",};
+    private static final String[] RGB_COLOR_MAP = {"black", "red",
+            "rgb(0, 187, 0)", "yellow", "blue", "magenta", "rgb(0, 187, 187)", "white",};
 
     private static final byte[] BYTES_QUOT = """.getBytes();
     private static final byte[] BYTES_AMP = "&".getBytes();
@@ -118,11 +120,18 @@ protected void processDefaultTextColor() throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     protected void processSetForegroundColor(int color, boolean bright) throws IOException {
+        // hard-coded color are for nteract (where the ansi-* classes are defined), and it might be useful from nbviewer too
+        // ansi-* classes are for jupyterlab (and classic too I think)
+        writeAttribute("span style=\"color: " + RGB_COLOR_MAP[color] + "\"");
         writeAttribute("span class=\"ansi-" + ANSI_COLOR_MAP[color] + "-fg\"");
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void processSetBackgroundColor(int color, boolean bright) throws IOException {
+        String extra = "";
+        if (color == 7)
+            extra = "; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);";
+        writeAttribute("span style=\"background-color: " + RGB_COLOR_MAP[color] + extra + "\"");
         writeAttribute("span class=\"ansi-" + ANSI_COLOR_MAP[color] + "-bg\"");
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/scala/almond/Execute.scala b/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/scala/almond/Execute.scala
index dde82722b..9fc05b532 100644
--- a/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/scala/almond/Execute.scala
+++ b/modules/scala/scala-interpreter/src/main/scala/almond/Execute.scala
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ final class Execute(
                         haos.close()
                         val html =
                           s"""<div class="jp-RenderedText">
-                             |<pre>${baos.toString("UTF-8")}</pre>
+                             |<pre><code>${baos.toString("UTF-8")}</code></pre>
                              |</div>""".stripMargin
                         log.debug(s"HTML: $html")
                         val d = r.add(
diff --git a/modules/scala/scala-kernel-api/src/main/scala/almond/display/PrettyPrint.scala b/modules/scala/scala-kernel-api/src/main/scala/almond/display/PrettyPrint.scala
index 389450b96..9758da337 100644
--- a/modules/scala/scala-kernel-api/src/main/scala/almond/display/PrettyPrint.scala
+++ b/modules/scala/scala-kernel-api/src/main/scala/almond/display/PrettyPrint.scala
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ final class PrettyPrint private(
         """<style>@keyframes fadein { from { opacity: 0; } to { opacity: 1; } }</style><div style="animation: fadein 2s;">"""
       else
         ""
-    extra + """<div class="jp-RenderedText"><pre>"""
+    // pre and div are for jupyterlab, code is for nteract
+    extra + """<div class="jp-RenderedText"><pre><code>"""
   }
   private def suffix = {
     val extra =
       if (fadeIn0) "</div>"
       else ""
-    "</pre></div>" + extra
+    "</code></pre></div>" + extra
   }
 
   private def html: String =